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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 10-Dec-2018 02:06:38 EST Strypey

   Found while searching for something else, it seems US spooks have been spreading #FUD against #Huawei and #ZTE since at least 2012:
   https://www.zdnet.com/article/former-pentagon-analyst-china-has-backdoors-to-80-of-telecoms/

   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 10-Dec-2018 02:07:41 EST Strypey

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      So, the same institutions that vowed and declared that Iraq had 'weapons of mass destruction', are now claiming that any internet communications are at risk if they touch any piece of hardware sold by Chinese companies (but not if it's made in China by US companies). Like Gordon Cambell, I'm not convinced:
      http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1812/S00013/gordon-campbell-five-lingering-questions-on-the-huawei-ban.htm

      1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 10-Dec-2018 02:10:34 EST Strypey

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         The internet is a global network, and information security can't be improved by pointing fingers at companies on the basis of which country their head office is in. We already have evidence that US spooks are using US technology companies to conduct mass surveillance. This has to be declared constitutionally illegal in every democratic country. If the US spooks have any evidence the Chinese spooks and tech companies are following their lead, let's see it #PutUpOrShutUp

         1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 10-Dec-2018 02:12:40 EST Strypey

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            #Mashable in on the right track here, but it's not just Huawei that needs to being doing radical transparency and independent security auditing, every tech company needs to be doing this:
            https://mashable.com/2018/02/14/huawei-prove-phones-not-spying-americans/#Wsnl.NvO6sqt

         2. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Dec-2018 03:17:29 EST Strypey

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            I think it's pretty clear who the real threats are to basic freedoms and human rights like privacy for people in anglophone countries, and it's not Huawei or ZTE:
            https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/12/new-fight-online-privacy-and-security-australia-falls-what-happens-next